Arlen Specter: “I think for conventional pollutants, there are regulatory structures that will continue to be important to protecting.”

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.